What did surprise him was the way those peasants spoke of the Wolves.

Instead of reacting with indignation that a peasant should speak so to her, she laughed.

On the other hand, the peasants and commoners were speaking Old East Slavic.

An old peasant spoke of the war the emperor had declared against Prussia.

The peasant spoke in puzzlement: "Why should they bring so stern a penalty?"

Some peasants did not speak the language of either set of masters.

This peasant spoke the heavy Zaquash I had expected.

The peasants of the region spoke a dialect so thick that they had difficulty in communicating with city dwellers in the same area.

In the ancient ballads the lord and the peasant speak the same language.

I mean, peasants have spoken against their rulers before-but never out in the open, where a spy might overhear them.